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One of the bills would make it illegal for kids 16 years or younger to purchase or carry a gun in public.

GLEN CARBON - The Glen Carbon Road shared use path project has taken another step forward after trustees approved a resolution with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to conduct right-of-way and design engineering for Phase 1 of the path’s construction. The village has agreed to pay $60,000 in Motor Fuel Tax funds to IDOT for capital improvements under the Illinois Highway Act. These improvements will be made to 0.28 miles of Glen Carbon Road from Oakdale Lake Drive to Lakewood Drive. Public Works Director Scott Slemer said at the meeting that design on the project will occur in 2024, with construction anticipated to follow sometime in 2025. In other village business, trustees also approved the appointment of Leslie Rice to the G.L.E.N. Committee. Her term will run from October 10, 2023 to April 30, 2026. Mayor Bob Marcus added Rice approached the village “excited and eager” to volunteer for the G.L.E.N. committee and recommended her

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No charges have been filed against two drivers who exchanged gunfire Tuesday morning along Interstate 44 in Fenton Eureka.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans gathered behind closed doors for several hours Tuesday evening to debate who the party should elect as the next speaker amid divided views about the path forward. The two-hour forum featured House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan making their cases and answering questions from their […]

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Police say Pritzker and his wife were home at the time.

Matt Yglesias takes on the "Deaths of Despair" meme today. It originates with Anne Case and Angus Deaton, who wrote about it a few years ago, and, as Matt points out, it's somehow survived despite a series of statistical examinations that have left it in tatters. If you adjust for age, it becomes less dramatic. ...continue reading "Are “deaths of despair” really just about deaths from Oxy?"

A national sporting-goods retailer will open a discount store in a former big-box store space that's been vacant for years.

Omniose, a St. Louis startup focused on developing vaccines to prevent bacterial infections, has been awarded up to $3 million in federal funding to advance development of one of its vaccine targets.

Parents and concerned citizens are expected to voice their opinions to the district at Tuesday night's school board meeting.

Tryston Corbin pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the killing of 23-year-old Kaleeb Barnes.

Both want to flee, but flights continue to be canceled.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a suspect has been taken into custody.

Authorities say they have arrested a suburban Chicago man who threw rocks at the home of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, breaking three windows. Illinois State Police said Tuesday the 38-year-old Villa Park man is charged with two counts of stalking and one count of criminal damage to property.